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Light passes through a single slit. If the width of the slit is reduced, what happens to the width of the central bright fringe

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Step-by-step explanation:

In Single Slit Experiment:

The width of the central diffraction maximum is inversely proportional to the width of the slit.

Therefore, if we make the slit width smaller, the angle T(representing the angle between the wave ray to a point on the screen and the normal line between the slit and the screen) increases, giving a wider central band.

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